I guess I'm strange

I love dogs and puppies, really I do.  I don't like to see them hurt.  But when I came across this story about a soldier tossing a puppy off a cliff, the first thing I thought was how overblown the reaction was.


I'm not saying it isn't awful.  It is awful.  But anyone who thinks that is the most unjust thing that a US military person has done recently is really not paying attention.  Can we get as collectively outraged about all the other horrors as we do about the puppy killing?

Of course, the last line of the first article nicely explains that the atrocities of war are okay, because... they're part of war.  Makes sense.  I would add to that that tossing puppies over cliffs is okay because... it's part of tossing puppies over cliffs.

Hey: the guys on American Idol are pretty good this year!

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